Unit 3 Reading

I. WARMING UP The great rivers Changjiang River the Nile the Mississippi Huanghe River the Thames the Amazon … … The Rhein

If you live along one of the rivers, how would you use it? If you have a chance to travel down one of them, which one would you choose? Why? Mississippi(USA)Nile (Egypt) Thames(England)Mekong(China,SE Asia)

Which countries does the Mekong River flow through? Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter? What’s the name of the Chinese part of the river?

The countries that the Mekong River flows through. Laos Thailand Burma Cambodia Vietnam China

Mekong River The Source: The Length: The longest river in the world. the Jifu Mountains in Zaduo County, Yushu Tibet Autonomous Region of northwest China's Qinghai Province, which is about 5,200 meters above sea level. 青海省玉树藏族自治区杂多县境内的吉富山。 4880km 12 th The name of the Chinese part:: Lancang River( 澜仓河）

Scanning Scanning the main idea of each paragraph: P1 Take a great bike trip along the Mekong River. P2 Different attitudes between them P3 The preparation before the trip & details about Mekong River.

Answer these questions, fill in the form and then retell the text according to the form: 1. What’s the dream? 2.How did they prepare for the travel? 3.Why did they become excited? 4.Use your own words to describe the Mekong River Close reading

Their dream Wang Wei’s suggestion Finding___________ and beginning there. Their preparations Both of them bought_____________, got their cousins interested in traveling and turned to _______in the library. Taking a great bike trip. the source expensive bikes the atlas

Why excited Their journey would begin at___________________________. The Mekong River It begins at a _______on a Tibetan mountain, moves quickly and passes through___________. Half of it is in China. It enters the______________. Then it travels slowly through hills and low valleys and plains, at last it enters__________________. an altitude of more than 5000 meters 5000 meters glacier deep valleys Southeast Asia the South China Sea

Scanning True or false 1)Wang kun and Wang Wei are sister and brother. ( ) 2) Their dream was to go hiking along the river. ( ) 3) Wang Wei persuaded their cousins, DaoWei and YuHang, to join in their cycling. ( ) 4) Before flowing in other countries, the Mekong River is called the Lancang River. ( ) T F T T

5) The source of the river is in Qinghai Province and it enters the East China Sea. ( ) 6) You can see glacier, rapids, hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains along the river.( ) 7) It is not difficult to cycle along the Mekong River. ( ) 8) The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold. ( ) F T F T

Careful reading 1.Group discussion : Read the text carefully and then discuss Wang Wei’s and Wang Kun’s similar and different attitudes about the trip in groups of four. Similar attitudes Different attitudes Both Wang Wei and Wang Kun think: 1.talking this trip is _________ that comes true. 2.__________________________ 3.they should see a lot of _____ _______. 4. most of the Mekong will be found in _________________. Wang Wei believes: 1.they must start in _______ where the river begins 2. they don’t need to ______ ____________. Wang Kun believes: 1.it’s too_________________to start in Qinghai. 2.using an _______ is important a dream they will enjoy this trip a lot. the Mekong Southeast Asia Qinghai prepare much cold and high atlas

Their dreamTaking a great bike trip. Wang Wei’s advice Their preparations Finding the source and beginning there. Both of them bought expensive bikes, got their cousins interested in traveling and turned to the atlas in the library.

Why excited The Mekong River Their journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5000 metres. It begins at a ______ on a _______ mountain,moves quickly and passes through___________. Half of it is in ______. It enters_________________. Then it _____________________hills and low valleys and plains, at last it _______the South China Sea. glacierTibetan deep valleys Chinathe Southeast Asia travels slowly through enters 2. Read the passage on page 59 and finish the exercises.